Earthen vessel, 2013

Dear readers, instead of my normal post today, I will share this popular poem from my past blog.  I have been busy this week with a different project, but I will return to a normal writing schedule next week.

Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoy today’s devotional poem. Blessings to you!

clay pot

You lift me up

in the valley of despair

above shadowy sorrows

downcast discouragement

ground-level grief.

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Ode to September

The cicada’s sizzle-hum sings all September, rising high in rippling waves. Ironweed’s melancholy plum brightens alongside showy goldenrod. Monarchs and swallowtails flit between asters and milkweed leaving a legacy of yellow-orange eggs. Jerusalem artichokes reach heavenward winking their bright black eyes in afternoon slanted sunlight. All the world’s gone to seed. Sumac plumes darken to … Read more